Lluis Faus

Lluis Faus

Co-Founder & CEO at VLEX.COM

Key Biscayne, Florida500+ connections

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Entrepreneur and senior business leader with extensive expertise in creating shareholder value at companies in all stages including business creation, seed, early stage and massive growth. Demonstrated success in turnaround situations. Expertise in creating growth through organic means – scaling teams, expanding geographically, expanding product/service – as well as via acquisitions. Expertise in raising venture capital at different companies and stages. Proven track record in global operations in Europe, U.S., Asia/Pacific and Latin America. Deep understanding of subscription-based business. Angel investor in several technology startups. Board Member and Chair of a number of companies.

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Experience

  • Co-founder & CEO. Executive Chairman

    vLex.com

    – Present20 years 3 months

    Barcelona Area, Spain

    vLex leverages one of the largest collections of legal information in the world with a platform powered by A.I. that understands the law and gets smarter with every click.

    We are a multicultural team across four continents, working tirelessly to source, organize, and apply analytical tools to the law so that our users can work smarter, better and faster.

    • Iterated business model in a highly competitive market
    • Scaled from Spanish company with no employees to a global...

    vLex leverages one of the largest collections of legal information in the world with a platform powered by A.I. that understands the law and gets smarter with every click.

    We are a multicultural team across four continents, working tirelessly to source, organize, and apply analytical tools to the law so that our users can work smarter, better and faster.

    • Iterated business model in a highly competitive market
    • Scaled from Spanish company with no employees to a global corporation with headquarters in the U.S., London and Barcelona, and local operations in 20+ international markets
    • 180+ employees and 10 legal entities
    • 1,000+ partnership agreements with best-in-class publishers and legal experts
    • Transformed editorial value creation through Deep Learning Technologies applied to legal information
    • Executed a strategic reorganization across global operations to institutionalize operational excellence across all business units and legal entities
    • Acquired companies and strategic assets to expand the product offering

  • Co-Founder. Member of the Board.

    Lexdir

    – Present7 years 8 months

    Barcelona Area, Spain

    Lexdir.com offers free legal advice from rated lawyers in Spain, U.S. (hispanic market), Mexico, Colombia and Chile. It's also a great place to select a lawyer.

    • Co-founded the company
    • Hired the initial team & CEO and raised venture-capital

  • Business Angel

    N/A

    – Present11 years

    Through TOUBKAL PARTNERS (http://toubkalpartners.com/inversiones/):
    - NOVICAP
    - Chicfy
    - Cuidum
    - Thethings.io
    - Iristrace
    - QAShops
    - Endado
    - Mybrana
    - Woom
    - Holded.com
    - LockUp.es
    - Waleteros
    - Essentialist.com
    - Laagam
    - Guruwalk
    - Instamaki
    - Hannun
    - Truvius
    - Hireflix
    - Dr. Seguro
    - Emjoy

    Current Direct investments:
    - TRENDIER (www.trendier.mx)
    - SPICE.VC
    - SYNERQUIA (www.synerquia.com) - Former Member of...

    Through TOUBKAL PARTNERS (http://toubkalpartners.com/inversiones/):
    - NOVICAP
    - Chicfy
    - Cuidum
    - Thethings.io
    - Iristrace
    - QAShops
    - Endado
    - Mybrana
    - Woom
    - Holded.com
    - LockUp.es
    - Waleteros
    - Essentialist.com
    - Laagam
    - Guruwalk
    - Instamaki
    - Hannun
    - Truvius
    - Hireflix
    - Dr. Seguro
    - Emjoy

    Current Direct investments:
    - TRENDIER (www.trendier.mx)
    - SPICE.VC
    - SYNERQUIA (www.synerquia.com) - Former Member of the Board
    - WALETEROS (www.waleteros.com) - Advisory Board
    - ADIAN Platform (www.adian.pro) - Former Member of the Board
    - DIGITAL ASSETS DEPLOYMENT (www.dad.es)
    - FLANKS (www.flanks.io)
    - MYHAIR

    Former Direct investments (exits):
    - CAPTIO (www.captio.net)
    - Habitissimo (www.habitissimo.com)
    - EscapadaRural (www.escapadarural.es)
    - Salir.com (www.salir.com)
    - HOLDED (www.holded.com)

Languages

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Catalan

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

  • Portuguese

    Limited working proficiency

  • Italian

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • Start-Up Chile Investor Club

    Mentor

    – Present

  • Never Alone / Bernardo de Gálvez Business Club (U.S.)

    Member of the Board

    – Present

    Business Club based in Miami gathering spaniards based in South Florida and doing business in U.S. and Latin America. Provides support, mentoring & capital to Spanish startups opening new markets in the Americas. Our first investment has been LockUp. More: http://galvezbusiness.club

  • Outsell Leadership Council (U.S.)

    – Present

    Outsell’s Leadership Council is a personal membership service for CEOs, COOs, Presidents, and Managing Directors of publishing and media companies who want to optimize their organization’s performance.

  • Seedrocket (Spain)

    Mentor

    – Present

    SeedRocket offers a complete Seed Funding Venture Program for Entrepreneurs with technology-based startups in Spain. It has accelerated +50 high potential startups and obtained + 20M EUR in seed rounds.

  • Entrepreneurs' Organization

    Member - Barcelona Chapter

    –

    The Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) is a Global business network of 11,000+ leading entrepreneurs in 157 chapters and 48 countries. Founded in 1987 by a group of young entrepreneurs, EO enables business owners to learn from each other, leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life.

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A preview of what LinkedIn members have to say about Lluis:

  • “
    Lluis is a very successful CEO and his passion and determination enrich any environment he works with. He has provided Vlex with the strategic vision needed to grow and improve in every aspect. Today, thanks to him Vlex is a solid and successful company globally known and highly respected. As part of Lluis´s Management Team at Vlex, I had the privilege to work for and next to him for three years which he helped me grow and be a better professional. I highly respect his deep knowledge of technology and industry. Luis is a very inspiring, bright, and hands-on professional with a unique management style which it makes him a great boss/entrepreneur and an exceptional human resource!
  • “
    Lluis has a wide and deep knowledge of the Internet industry. He is able to make smart contributions to every single area in a startup. He is a hands-on manager with analytic and strategic thinking skills, he's bright, professional, hard worker and enthusiastic.

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Co-Founder & CEO at VLEX.COM

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    Co-founder & CEO. Executive Chairman at vLex.com

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